Film

Message to Man

1989 · 40m · Documentary

In January 1989 the first Message to Man International Film Festival took place in Leningrad. This film, made during the festival, is a record of its events, guests and participants, such as the American director Leo Hurwitz, the Latvian director Ivars Seleckis, and the ballerina Natalya Makarova, among others. It also shows the “engine room” of the festival: the work of the main office and the PROKKa professional cinematographers’ club, guests being greeted and seen off. A charity evening with Natalya Makarova, a memorial service to commemorate the victims of the war and excerpts of documentary films presented at the festival are also featured.

Natalia Makarova

Self

Leo Hurwitz

Self

Ivars Seleckis

Self

Erwin Leiser

Self

Orna Ben-Dor Niv

Self

Michał Leszczyłowski

Self

Jeanette Petrie

Self

Allan Francovich

Self

Richard Leacock

Self

• Irina KalininaDirector
• Sergey SholokhovWriter
• Vadim DonetsDirector of Photography
• Yuri NikolayevDirector of Photography
• Lev RozhinDirector of Photography

Release date

June 1, 1989

Status

Released

Original language

Russian

Runtime

40m

Genres

Documentary